March 16th, 2007 - Bad Luck
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Phuan Quick Facts:
-Total Population 315,000 - 115,000 in Laos and 200,000 in Thailand
-.01% are Christian
-Buddhist and Animist
-Most Phuan are subsistence farmers
-Claim to be descendants of the Tai

Bad Luck
“Sorry, but I can’t come that day” said Miss Vone. “I’m getting off work early because I’m going the temple all afternoon” she said. It turns out that Miss Vone was going to do a “sia koh” ceremony. 

She was in an accident the previous week with another motorcycle.  She had injured her knee. She had some bad luck attached to her and was going to the temple to do a ceremony. She took some food, which the monks spoke over while she sat in front of them. She doesn’t understand what they say. Then when they’re done, the monks throw the food away and her “bad luck” goes with it.
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